He's probably a good guy and teammate, but how does that make him a good basketball player? He's a ***** to put it short and sweet. He has never played up to his capabilities. He misses makes marvelous spin moves, then misses layups as a 6'11 SF / PF ?!?! Are you serious? He has no sack to speak of. He doesn't have a mental edge. If anything he's a third option at best, and has continually shown this over the course of his career. He's inconsistent as they come. Which is the worst attribute in a person or athlete. You don't know who is going to show up and when. He can't play a lick of defense. People pipe him up and say he's versatile. He is versatile, but he really can't do all things well. It's like he's almost a point forward, but not quite. He has mental lapses on the court, and I could just go on and on. He just doesn't have any chemistry with Kobe, and the Lakers would be better served to dump him for a more fitting piece to the puzzle.

he's a triple double threat when healthy. solid unselfish teammate without ego...that's what you want beside Kobe. 17pts 16 boards. not bad numbers. last year he averaged 19 and 11. not bad at all. my knock on him is his inability to take over the offensive load when Kobe is out. other than that, he's a very good player.

1. He's a 3? Fine then, get me a 2 without trading him.
2. He's a good defender? Umm ya...which is why the Lakers keep sucking on defense and have been ever since they got him. Not saying it's all his fault but he makes no impact whatsoever no matter how much you want to believe it. Now put JO there and dayum...the Lakers turn into one of the best defensive teams in the league. Like the Suns said, he's a very average defender. I love how dude gets praised for things just to get praised.

You like him, I get it...

But be real. Why keep him? That tweener status will always hurt him defensively, especially at PF. If you can't see that then...

s for his offense...sure blame him...or blame Kobe. Whoever you want.
But it isn't working.

And one has to go. Which one? Thought so.

You guys have fallen in love with him and want him to stay so badly that you make statements like "Jermaine would marginally improve the Lakers".

Total BS. And comparing their stats lmFao.

Like Dunleavy said, a guy like Brand is a much better complement for Kobe.

Odom may be nice (although I don't think he really is) but not at his price. Just not.

The Lakers can't afford to get that #2 and still keep Odom.

How do you do that? Your salary becomes a mess, worse than the Knicks a few years ago. It can't happen.

Odom must be gone. Period.

I personally feel he fits the Shareef Abdur Rahim mold but I won't take it too far as of this moment but think about it, dude needs the ball in his hands too much, he's a perimeter PF, due to his game style, he will have problems adjusting to most players....
The only good thing is that he's unselfish and can pass good. That makes him look better but I really want him to get exposed somewhere.

But okay, that's taking it too far. You don't have to respond to that part.

because if he posts under manutd or soccer10 nobody takes him serious anymore. more so in an odom thread...

i think odoms biggest problem is his size vs abilities, because of his size he gets touted as a power forward because he actually can move his feet well and handles the ball fairly decent he could be a small forward... he can shoot from the outside and drive to the hoop equally well... where do you use him? i think that's a question everybody he has played for asks... i actually like him where he plays now, he needs to be more confident and stop second guessing himself and he'd become a total package